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WA7 vs WA8: house prices per square metre compared

WA8 (Hough Green) is the more expensive of the two: a median of £2,500 per against £2,339 in WA7 (Murdishaw)WA7 is 6% cheaper per . The figures come from 582 and 386 sales with an EPC-matched floor area in the last 12 months of HM Land Registry data.

WA7

Murdishaw, Runcorn

High confidence

£2,339median per m²

Median sale price
£185,000
Middle 60% of sales (p20–p80)
£1,621 – £2,990
Sales (last 12 months)
495
With a matched floor area
386
Mean floor area (matched sales)
88 m²
Change over 10 years
+52.6%
New-build premium
+40%
All WA7 sold prices

WA8

Hough Green, Widnes

High confidence

£2,500median per m²

Median sale price
£200,000
Middle 60% of sales (p20–p80)
£1,814 – £3,232
Sales (last 12 months)
584
With a matched floor area
582
Mean floor area (matched sales)
90 m²
Change over 10 years
+50.2%
All WA8 sold prices

Side by side

Every figure covers sales in the last 12 months, on the same dataset and the same method for both areas.

WA7 compared with WA8
MeasureWA7WA8Difference
Median price per m²£2,339£2,500+7%
Median sale price£185,000£200,000+8%
Sales (last 12 months)495584+89
Change over 10 years+52.6%+50.2%−2.4 pts

By property type

Median price per m² for each property type sold in the last 12 months. Only types with matched sales are listed, and a dash means too few sales to publish.

Median price per m² by property type
Property typeWA7WA8
Detached£2,983n = 90£3,303n = 142
Semi-detached£2,635n = 138£2,677n = 201
Terraced£1,667n = 137£1,884n = 206
Flat£1,632n = 21£1,953n = 33

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